Fresno State’s Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) program is offering students the opportunity to explore LGBTQ+ history in San Francisco from April 11-14. The university will cover a shared...

Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR) began on Nov. 20, 1999, when transgender advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith memorialized the life of Rita Hester, a transgender woman who was murdered in 1998. Since...

As a women’s studies minor, I have an understanding of the importance and necessity to include people’s gender pronouns when introducing themselves.  During introductions at the beginning...

As a queer citizen of the central valley, I think Fresno, as a city, needs more resources for LGBTQ+ individuals. There are Fresno organizations that are queer-focused and many nonqueer-centric organizations...

Target showed that it is on the side of progress once again. Last year Target desegregated the toy aisles, and this year it’s creating inclusive bathroom policies. Target’s recent blog post announced...

Dear Madeleine Albright and Gloria Steinem, you have lost your way. For the longest time, you were both icons of equality and feminism. But last week, you let down so many women who had clung to your...

On Thursday morning, Kentucky County Clerk Kim Davis was held in contempt of court and jailed. Good. Why was she held in contempt of court? Because she has been refusing to issue marriage licenses...

The country is in an uproar over what’s happening in Indiana and Arkansas. The Supreme Court of the United States is getting ready to hear a case on same-sex marriage. Meanwhile, legislators are waging...

Recently there’s been an uproar about a gym that kicked a woman out who complained about a transgendered woman being allowed to use the women’s locker room — because she said that the person looked...

Last week, The Collegian ran a story about the gender divide in the school’s dorms. When I read the story, I was shocked that this is still a thing. College is supposed to be preparing young people...

A day I didn’t think would ever come in my lifetime arrived Tuesday. The Mormon church announced its support of the LGBT community on anti-discrimination legislation. “This appeal for a balanced approach...

Most of us go about our daily lives living in a microcosm. We feel the way we feel and think the way we think. Most of our thoughts go unexpressed all the while making hundreds of assumptions about people...